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W. C. HUMAN WICK HOLDER Filed May 28, 1925 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sti PatentedFeb. 2, 1926.

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UNTED STTEn PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM( C. I-IOMAN, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LEWIS T.WIIJCOX, OF PEEKSKILL, ,NEW YORK.

WICK HOLDER.

Application filed May 28, 1925. Serial No. 33,335.

To il/'Z whom 'it may concern:

nle it known that I, limitant C. Horn/in, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Meriden, in the county ot New lleven and citate ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in lick l-loldcrs, of whichthe following is a specification.

As heretofore constructed liquid fuel burners have been litted with wickholders adapted to be engaged by suitable means for moving the Wickholder to adjust the Wick carried thereby to position for use. Se far asI. am aware these Wiel; holders have usually been made with a pluralityof apertures adapted to he engaged in one portion of the wick holder `bya suitable pinion or suitable device which is revoluble, and con nectedto a shaft and hand Wheel or otherwise to inovc the wich holder andadjust the wick to position. In this type of wich holder however, due tothe engagement of the pinion or similar device with only one portionthereof there is a tendency for the Wick holder to wedge or to moveunevenly in the casing in Iwhich the Wick holder' is contained, and thisresults in an uneven porH tion of the Wiclr projecting beyond theperipheral portion of the casing, and causing an uneven flame `from theWick when the burner is in use.

rllhe object of my present invention is to overcome these disadvantages, and to provide :i wich holder adapted to he siinultauecuslyengaged in oppo itely disposed iiiortions thereof hy devices whereby' inadf isting the .wich to position a uniform movement iini`- parted to allparts of the ivielt holder, rosulting will he understood, in acorresponding movement of the wicli'., so that a uniform flame producedat all portions of the wich, and the tendency of the wich holder to wei:er, because of the uijipiication of the actuati deviceeI to one portiononly thereof, is entirely obviatcd.

To this cud in carrying" out the invention the iviclr holder made inaccordance there with preferably adapted to he received in an annularspace between the walls of a lio-- uid fuel burner, and at an endthereof, preferahly the inner end, is provided with oppo sitely disposedlongitudinal slots so corr structed as to have the corref-iponding edgesdefining tiefej slots ilornied with teeth, Which constitutes racksadapted to be simulry y i f. in

taneously engaged hy` a suitable pinion niechani'sm to cause a uniformmovement in all partsof the Wick holder in shifting the saine and theWick carried thereby to position for use in the liquid fuel burner,asiviil he hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing Fig. l is a plan of one of the blanks from which myimproved wick holder .is preferably made.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the other blank.

Fig. is a section on line 3 3, Fig. Ll, the saine being on a somewhatenlarged scale.

liig. a 1s an elevation of the improved Wicli holder and a Wiclr carriedtherebv.

Fig. 5 is a section on line Fin. on a somewhat enlarged scale. `V

G is a section on line (SMG, Fig t l4 ig: 7 is a section on line 77,Figx et, und

on a somewhat enlarged scale, and Figi@ is acentral sectional elevationil lustrating a form of liquid fuel burner in which my in'iproved Wickholder is adapted for use.

flhe iviclz holder made in accordance with this invention is preferablyformed from blanks comprising plates of suitable sheet `metal or othermaterial. One of these plates is indicated at 10 and the other at 1i.Along its upper ywouter edge the plate 'l may be provided with a seriesof aperturi-is i2, and similarly the plate fil, with a se ries ofapertures il.

its indicated the plate l() is slotted :it il, if, and i6, and adjacentthe oiipoeite end iii ijn-r'ivided with tongues li, itl and i9;shiniliirly adjacent one end the plate I1 l. in slotted as iiulicated ai20, E21 and :22, and at the other end ,is provided with tongues Z2-3,2-1 and 25. u a cnt 2G, extending inwardly from one end thereof, and acorrcsiionding cut 27 from the other end thereof. ln a similar mannerand in .like positions the plate l1 is provided with cuts 2S and 29. YThe cuts 26 and 2T in the plate l() provide for sectiiuis to and 3l,adapted to he turned .in therefrom to engage a portion of the wich,which as will he understood has been slotted for this purn pose. In asimilar manner the cuts iand 29 in the plate ll, provide for sections 3Qand 33, adapted to he turned in to also enge portions of the wich'. Thesection 8&2 of the plate il is provided with series of slots flat, andin like manner and in corre The platevl() is provided with.v

sponding positions the section 33 of the plate 11 is provided with aseries of apertures or slots 35.

In assembling these plates to form the tubular wick holder the tongue at17 is passed through the slot 20, the tongue 18 through the slot 21,and. the tongue 19 through the slot 22 to connect adjacent ends of theseplates. In a similar manner the tongue 23 is passed through the slot 14,the tongue 24 through the slot 15 and the tongue 25 through the slot 16.The tube is then pressed in a suitable form to turn the tongues down toposition, it being understood by this structure that the burners may bemade of uniform diameter and the parts thereof connected in properalignment with: out adjustment by any other means. The sections 30 and31 of the plate 10 are then turned in to assume positions substantiallyas indicated in Fig. 3 so as to engage a wick, and in like manner thesections 32 and 33 are turned in for a like purpose, and also to providea plurality of teeth 36 and 37, forming racks on corresponding edgesdefining slotted portions of the Wick holder thus formed by turning inthe sections 30, 31, 32 and 33. These sections are turned in so as toengage a wick indicated at 33, which at its inner end may also beengaged by up* turned projections 39 and 40 provided for this purposekat the inner edge of the wick holder thus formed.

A liquid fuel burner constructed for the use of the improved wick holderas hereinbefore described is illustated in Fig. S, and preferablyconsists in a casing comprising an outer wall 41, and an. inner wall 42,suitably interlocked at their inner or lower ends as indicated atl 43,to provide an annular space between the walls for the reception of thewick holder and the wick carried thereby. This liquid fuel burner asillustrated in this ligure of the drawing may be suitably su ported froma supply pipe 44 carrying tie liquid fuel thereto, and a bracket 45'extending between the supply pipe and a transverse support 46,extending across the lower or inner end of the burner or otherwise. Y

The wick holder is actuated by a gear rod extending across the innerwall and through the same so that the. end portions thereof act aspinions in engaging with the teeth 3G and 37 forming the racks in thecorresponding edges defining theslotted por tions of the wick holder.This toothed rod 47 is preferably operated: in a sleeve bearing 48,extending across and suitably connected to the diametrically oppositeportions of the inner wall 42. The toothed rod 47 may be turned ineither direction by a shaft 49. This shaft 49 may be made an integralpart of the toothed rod or connected thereto, and extending therefrom inany suitable manner.

This shaft 49 passes through and is journaled in a plug 50, adapted tobe turned down in a socket 5l', suitably connected to the outer wall ofthe burner, and also containing collar 52, between which and the innerend of the plug 50 a packing may be employed to form a. tight jointbetween the shaft and the outer wall of the casing of the burner.` Atits outer extremity this shaft 49 may be fitted with a hand wheel 54,the outer surface of which is preferably knurled, and by which, it willbe understood this shaft 49 may be turned in either direction to aetuatethe toothed rod, and thereby simultaneously engage the racks formed inthe wick holder to impart a uniform movement to oppositely disposedportions of the wick holder, and corresponding movement to the wickthereby preventing any tendency of the wick holder to wedge in thecasing, and effecting a uniform projection of the outer end of the wickfrom all portions of the periphery of the casing to obtain a uniformflame from the wick when the burner is in use.

I claim as my invention:

1. A wick holder comprising a body men1- ber having oppositely disposedlongitudinal slots therein, and means associated with the correspondingedges defining said slots for simultaneous engagement with an actuatingdevice for imparting a uniform movement to all parts of the said bodymember.

2. A wick holder comprising a cylindrical body member having oppositelydisposed longitudinal slots, and means associated with correspondingedges defining said slots for simultaneous engagement with an actuatingdevice for imparting a uniform movement to all parts of the body member.

A wick holder comprising a cylindrical body member having longitudinalslots in oppositely disposed positions therein, the corresponding edgesdefining said slots being adapted to be engaged by an actuating devicefor simultaneously moving the body member in either direction fromopposite sides thereof. l

4. A wick holder comprising a cylindrical body having oppositelydisposed longitudinal slots therein, a series of teeth forlned incorresponding edges defining said slots forming racks adapted to besimultaneously engaged by an actuating device to impart a movement ineither direction to the said wick holder from oppositely disposedportions thereof.

5. A wick holder comprising a cylindrical body member made ot' connectedplates, the said plates having inturned sections providing oppositelydisposed slots in the said wick holder, and devices associated with thecorresponding edges defining said slots for simultaneous engagement withactuatinf*r devices for imparting a movement to the lill) lll) said Wickholder from oppositely disposed portions thereof.

A cylindrical Wick holder comprising connected plates of sheet materialadapted to receive and carry a Wick, the said plates having oppositelydisposed intui'ned sections forming oppositely disposed slots therein,and a series of teeth forming racks in corresponding edges defining thesaid slots, which racks are adapted to be engaged by 10 an actuatingdevice for imparting a uniform movement simultaneously to oppositelydisposed pcrtions of the said Wick holder.

Signed by me this 16th day ol May, 1925.

VILLIAM C. HOMAN.

